More than 150 scientists from 21 countries attended a colloquium on the fundamental aspects and scientific applications of the Galileo satellite navigation system, held at the University of Padua on 14–16 October 2009.
The venue for the ‘Second International Colloquium – Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Programme’ was the Aula Magna of the University, the very place where Galileo Galilei, whose first recorded astronomical observations with a telescope took place 400 years ago, delivered some of his lectures.